[Haskell-beginners] Problems with the Network package

Hey everyone! I'm still pretty inexperienced with Haskell and am now facing problems with the Network package. I tried to install it but this always fails, no matter if I try to install Network-2.3.0.3 or a previous version. The cabal install always fails with the error compiling dist\build\Network\Socket_hsc_make.c failed (exit code 1). Now I'm wondering, where I can find out what the problem is, what I can do about it and which additional information I need to solve it. I hope this is not too stupid a question, but my searches on the net haven't turned up anything useful so far and I'm pretty much stuck now. Raf